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Rear Freeze Plug Blew
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[QUOTE="Black 02, post: 1011717, member: 6916"] Got my new engine installed finally after a way too long of an engine building experience, but that's for another time. Fired it up and it ran amazingly smooth. Amazing what a balanced engine runs like. Let it come up to operating temperature and then decided to take it for a drive. Oil pressure and water temps were good. Went about 1 mile from my house and I instantly smelled antifreeze. Turned around and coasted home and after a long investigation, I found one of the rear freeze plugs is missing. I was driving on a "stock" tune and the boost didn't get over about 10 psi. Anyone had this happen before? Could the builder not installed them correctly? I've read it could be a head gasket that blew pressurizing the system.. The engine is studded. I wouldn't think that little bit of driving would cause a head gasket to blow. There was no white smoke and the oil is still clean. Any insight or advice is appreciated. Anything I should investigate? I'm going to pull the transmission now and fix the plug, but I'm nervous about this thing. I've spent a lot of money to have this happen. I honestly can't catch a break on this ordeal from those who know what kind of crap I've been through on this build. I was so excited to see the truck run again to then have this happen 30 minutes later. :puke: [/QUOTE]
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